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I have a quantity of brace comb with unsealed honey. I propose to feed it back to the bees in English feeders, with the central cover removed, over a crown board. Would this method be considered appropriate or are there any more suitable methods?? There is still a Borage flow on, but now...

I have reason to believe that my single broodbox National hive is planning to swarm. I have searched for the queen but have never seen her. There is ample sealed brood and eggs. I am planning to use the Pagden artificial swarm method. My query is, when it says to move the parent hive more than a...

I have a weakish hive that is quite light. I have put some Tesco fondant over the brood box which I can observe with a transparent crown board. They are not at all interested in the fondant. I can see the cluster which looks healthy with an occassional bee flying in the mild weather. Should I...

I have inherited 3 hives on commercial brood boxes. They are very old and the boxes are full of old black wild comb, heavily propolised and the frames are impossible to remove without destroying them completely. I wish to transfer the colonies to new National frame brood boxes. I put a new clean...

I have inherited 3 hives on commercial brood boxes. They are very old and the boxes are full of old black wild comb, heavily propolised and the frames are impossible to remove without destroying them completely. I wish to transfer the colonies to new National frame brood boxes. I put a new clean...